1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)

1958 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asia and Africa April 2023 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF) 8 March 1957 – 5 February 1958 6Turkey, pre-independent Cyprus, and Egypt withdrew without playing any matches. Israel (included in teams) didn’t play any matches besides the inter-confederation playoffs due the Arab League Boycott. 1 5 12 IDN Rusli Ramang (4 goals) 1954 1962 (AFC) 1962 (CAF) FIFA The 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asia and Africa served as the preliminary tournament for the region. The winner of the tournament went on to face a European team in an Inter-confederation play-off. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification. FIFA rejected the entries of Ethiopia and South Korea, whereas Chinese Taipei withdrew.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition 2010 2010-06-09 FIFA https://web.archive.org/web/20100614212731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf 14 June 2010 dead The remaining 8 teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify. As all their opening teams declined to play them, Israel won the tournament and advanced to the qualification play-off against Wales. Format There were four rounds: First Round: 8 teams were divided into 4 groups of 2 teams to determine four winners. Second Round: The 4 first round winners played in one group with 2 advancing to the third round. Third Round: The remaining two teams contested one spot in the CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off. Result First round Group 1 main WDL Group 1 2 yes complete http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/q/rslt.html?tr=WC1958PRLCTCFFC&stg=WC1958PRLCTCFFCGM Sweden 1958 Preliminaries (CAF/AFC) FIFA 30 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20051211034256/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/q/rslt.html?tr=WC1958PRLCTCFFC&stg=WC1958PRLCTCFFCGM 11 December 2005 yes IDN CHN ROC 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 4 5 Q WC yellow3 Second round with superior goal average black1 Withdrew Withdrew IDN IDN CHN CHN ROC ROC 2–0 4–3 — — — — Indonesia v China PR 12 May 1957 IDN 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/indonesia-v-china-pr-12-may-1957-226882/ CHN Ramang 47 80 Ikada Stadium, Jakarta Jonni (Italy) China Pr v Indonesia 2 June 1957 CHN 4–3 https://www.11v11.com/matches/china-pr-v-indonesia-02-june-1957-226904/ IDN Zhang Honggen 1Nian Weisi 9Sun Fucheng 47Wang Lu 75 Ramang 25 55Witarsa 70 Xiannongtan Stadium, Beijing Chakravarti (India) Indonesia v China PR 23 June 1957 IDN 0–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/indonesia-v-china-pr-23-june-1957-226925/ CHN Aung San Stadium, Rangoon (Burma) U Ba Thaung (Burma) Group 2 main WDL Group 2 2 yes complete Spencer Pete 5 March 2022 Israel's gameless 1958 World Cup qualifying campaign: how Wales' stopped the madness https://footballpink.net/israels-gameless-1958-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-how-wales-stopped-the-madness/ live Football Pink https://web.archive.org/web/20220305130220/https://footballpink.net/israels-gameless-1958-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-how-wales-stopped-the-madness/ 5 March 2022 12 March 2022 yes ISR TUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q WC Withdrew yellow3 Second round black1 Withdrew ISR ISR TUR TUR — — Group 3 main WDL Group 3 2 yes complete The bizarre twists of fate behind 1958 World Cup Qualification https://magazine.faw.cymru/en/07/bizarre-twists-fate-behind-1958-world-cup-qualification/ FC Cymru https://web.archive.org/web/20210330090048/https://magazine.faw.cymru/en/07/bizarre-twists-fate-behind-1958-world-cup-qualification/ 30 March 2021 12 March 2022 yes EGY CYP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q WC Withdrew yellow3 second round black1 Withdrew EGY 1922 EGY 1922 CYP colonial CYP colonial — — Group 4 main WDL Group 4 180 2 yes complete yes SUD SYR 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 Q WC yellow3 Second Round SUD 1956 SUD 1956 SYR 1932 SYR 1932 1–0 1–1 8 March 1957 SUD 1956 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/sudan-v-syria-08-march-1957-226831/ SYR 1932 Manzul 78 pen. Khartoum Khartoum Stadium 12,500 Riccardo Pieri (Italy) 24 May 1957 SYR 1932 1–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/syria-v-sudan-24-may-1957-226893/ SUD 1956 Al-Zarqa 70 Faris 38 Damascus Abbasiyyin Stadium 12,500 Konstantinos Ioannidis (Greece) Second round main WDL Q Second Round ISR ISR SUD SUD 1956 EGY EGY 1922 IDN IDN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WC WC Withdrew Withdrew yellow1 Third round black1 Withdrew y flag — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 0 complete Third round main WDL 180 2 yes complete yes Third Round ISR SUD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q WC Withdrew blue1 Inter-Confederation play-off black1 Withdrew ISR ISR SUD 1956 SUD 1956 — — Goalscorers 4 12 4 goals IDN Rusli Ramang 1 goal CHN Zhang Honggen CHN Nian Weisi CHN Sun Fucheng CHN Wang Lu SUD 1956 Siddiq Manzul SUD 1956 Suleiman Faris IDN Endang Witarsa SYR 1932 Jabra Al-Zarqa Inter-confederation play-off 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off) References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) AFC and CAF Category:1957 in African men's international football Category:1957 in Asian men's international football